NCERT Class 10 Social Science
History, Geography, Political Science, and Economics from your NCERT books — summary first, then details, timelines, remember sheets, and practice.
Study path
Summary
Mindset & mental model
Details
Full chapter study
Remember
Exam memory sheet
Practice
VSQ → LA + MCQs
History
India and the Contemporary World – II
Nationalism, global links, industry, and print culture
5 chapters
Chapter 1
The Rise of Nationalism in Europe
Nation-states, French Revolution ideas, German and Italian unification, and visual culture of nationalism.
Nation-stateUnificationLiberalism
Chapter 2
Nationalism in India
Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience, different meanings of swaraj, and cultural symbols of belonging.
SatyagrahaMass movementsSwaraj
Chapter 3
The Making of a Global World
Pre-modern to modern global links — trade, colonialism, world wars, and the post-war economy.
GlobalisationTradeColonialism
Chapter 4
The Age of Industrialisation
Proto-industrialisation, factories, industrialisation in Britain and India, and workers’ lives.
FactoriesHandicraftLabour
Chapter 5
Print Culture and the Modern World
Print technology, reading public, print in India, and debates on censorship and reform.
PrintPublic sphereReform
Geography
Contemporary India – II
Resources, water, agriculture, industry, and lifelines
7 chapters
Chapter 1
Resources and Development
Resource types, planning, land and soil resources, and sustainable development.
ResourcesSoilPlanning
Chapter 2
Forest and Wildlife Resources
Biodiversity, conservation, community forestry, and Project Tiger.
BiodiversityConservationCommunity
Chapter 3
Water Resources
Water scarcity, multipurpose projects, rainwater harvesting, and water conservation.
ScarcityDamsHarvesting
Chapter 4
Agriculture
Cropping patterns, major crops, technological reforms, and food security.
CropsIrrigationFood security
Chapter 5
Minerals and Energy Resources
Mineral distribution, conventional and non-conventional energy, and conservation.
MineralsEnergyConservation
Chapter 6
Manufacturing Industries
Location factors, major industries, industrial pollution, and control measures.
IndustryLocationPollution
Chapter 7
Lifelines of National Economy
Transport, communication, and trade as lifelines of the Indian economy.
TransportCommunicationTrade
Political Science
Democratic Politics – II
Power-sharing, federalism, parties, and democratic outcomes
5 chapters
Chapter 1
Power-sharing
Belgium and Sri Lanka cases, forms of power-sharing, and why democracy needs it.
BelgiumSri LankaAccommodation
Chapter 2
Federalism
What federalism is, Indian federation, decentralisation, and local government.
FederationDecentralisationLocal bodies
Chapter 3
Gender, Religion and Caste
Social divisions in politics — gender, communalism, and caste in Indian democracy.
GenderCommunalismCaste
Chapter 4
Political Parties
Functions of parties, national and state parties, challenges, and reforms.
PartiesElectionsReforms
Chapter 5
Outcomes of Democracy
How to assess democracy — accountable government, development, inequality, and dignity.
AccountabilityDevelopmentDignity
Economics
Understanding Economic Development
Development, sectors, credit, globalisation, and consumer rights
5 chapters
Chapter 1
Development
Different notions of development, income, HDI, and sustainability.
HDIIncomeSustainability
Chapter 2
Sectors of the Indian Economy
Primary, secondary, tertiary sectors; organised vs unorganised; employment.
SectorsEmploymentGDP
Chapter 3
Money and Credit
Modern money, banks, formal and informal credit, and Self Help Groups.
BanksCreditSHGs
Chapter 4
Globalisation and the Indian Economy
MNCs, liberalisation, WTO, and impact of globalisation on India.
MNCsLiberalisationWTO
Chapter 5
Consumer Rights
Consumer movement, COPRA, rights, and how to seek redressal.
COPRARightsRedressal